Episode guide
Strong Medicine: Season 3
22 episodes · premiered Jul 21, 2002
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- Episode 1: Positive Jul 21, 2002 · 1h As Dana's upcoming birthday makes her decide to seek a volunteer sperm donor so that she can have a child, she is confronted with a newborn who is HIV-positive. Lu is accused by an enraged…
- Episode 2: Outcomes Jul 28, 2002 · 1h When Dana's attorneys make Peter's being a sperm donor difficult, Dana considers getting pregnant the old-fashioned way. Lu suspects that a baby's mother is the one responsible for the…
- Episode 3: Stages Aug 4, 2002 · 1h Although it is now several months since she was raped, Lu is still reluctant when a cute paramedic asks her out on a date.
- Episode 4: Heartbeat Aug 11, 2002 · 1h A teenage cancer patient refuses to continue chemotherapy, Dana makes preparations for what she assumes will be her forthcoming pregnancy, and Lu finds herself in the middle when she…
- Episode 5: Compassionate Release Aug 18, 2002 · 1h Hospital executives approach Dana to perform a risky procedure to save an unborn child's life; Lu treats a prison inmate for cervical cancer and decides to take on the prison system in…
- Episode 6: Discharged Aug 25, 2002 · 1h Dana tries to win custody of an HIV-infected baby, even though becoming its full-time caregiver will end her career; a transsexual patient tries to win custody of a child, and Lu treats a…
- Episode 7: Admissions Sep 8, 2002 · 1h Lu has plenty of opinions when it comes to deciding on Dana's replacement, but she soon learns that Dr. Robert Jackson, the chief of staff, has already hired someone for the position…
- Episode 8: Contraindications Sep 15, 2002 · 1h It's Andy Campbell's official first day as co-head of the Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic. But before she can go in and save lives, she needs to help her two young daughters adapt to…
- Episode 9: Family History Oct 6, 2002 · 1h Andy goes beyond the call of duty to expedite the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a drug that could help Robert's wife, who has multiple sclerosis. Also, Andy intervenes when a…
- Episode 10: House Calls Oct 13, 2002 · 1h When an old colleague with a breast lump calls for Andy's help—from space, of all places—the former Army colonel is at full attention. At the speed of light, she mobilizes both her…
- Episode 11: Flesh and Blood Oct 20, 2002 · 1h Strange things are brewing at Rittenhouse. A patient seeks Lu's treatment for what appears to be a simple rash; but upon closer examination, the condition turns out to be a dangerous…
- Episode 12: Blush Nov 10, 2002 · 1h A local politician hot on the campaign trail needs Andy's help to remain cool under pressure. Her issue? She wants to stop blushing. Meanwhile, Lu tries to ease her patient Melissa, a…
- Episode 13: Deterioration Nov 17, 2002 · 1h Trouble hits home when Andy suspects that her daughter has an eating disorder. On the job, the doctor doubts herself when confronted with the mysterious deaths of three of her patients…
- Episode 14: Poison Dec 8, 2002 · 1h Lu faces the horrifying memory of her rape when a patient turns to her for help in dealing with her brother, a convicted sex offender. When Andy's patient displays baffling…
- Episode 15: The Philadelphia Chromosome Dec 15, 2002 · 1h Lu goes up against the government when one of her patients turns out to be a suspected terrorist. Meanwhile, Andy treats a deaf woman for rheumatoid arthritis, which has the potential to…
- Episode 16: PMS, Lies and Red Tape Jan 5, 2003 · 1h Andy returns to the Army for reserve duty and helps a woman with post polio syndrome (PPS). Sparks fly for Lu when she is reunited with an old friend whose mother is one of her patients…
- Episode 17: Orders Jan 12, 2003 · 1h Andy is forced to confront her father after discovering that he has a degenerative nerve condition that could threaten his independence; Lu treats a pregnant woman whom she subsequently…
- Episode 18: Blocked Lines Jan 19, 2003 · 1h Dr. Campbell's diagnosis of the first local case of West Nile Virus causes a near panic in the community; Lu tries to help a hard-working mother remain close to her hospital-bound son.
- Episode 19: Intensive Care Feb 16, 2003 · 1h Dr. Campbell's husband hits her and she kicks him out of their house.
- Episode 20: Addicted to Love Feb 23, 2003 · 1h Andy Campbell's kids miss their dad and want to know when he is coming home. Dr. Campbell has a hard time telling the kids why there dad moved out. Les Campbell has a hard time watching…
- Episode 21: Degeneration Mar 9, 2003 · 1h Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno guest stars in this episode of ""Strong Medicine,"" airing March 9, 2003 on LIFETIME Television. Moreno plays a street doctor treating patients…
- Episode 22: Risk Mar 16, 2003 · 1h Andy helps Jesse cope having back surgery and trying to set things right between her husband. Lu tries to figure out how to spend time with Mickey and Marc. Lu wonders if Mickey would like…